nancy hanks lincoln. nancy hanks lincoln. there is no photographs of nancy hanks lincoln. this is a picture taken of her based on a description. did we know she looked like this? no. if you look at some of the other descriptions of nancy lincoln in the informants volume, you'll see that there are other people who describe her in a very different way. she was not quite so pretty. she was shorter. she was a little lighter. does she look like this? we don't know. this gives an idea of what she might have looked like and sort of personalizes somebody who often gets talked about very quickly and then you move on to the stepmother. of course, lincoln himself was one of the first -- he was a first mover. he got into photography early on. he understood why that could be important, so this is an early photograph of abraham lincoln. very famous photograph taken when he was still very young. but that is not just photographs. one of the coolest things about this is there are all sorts of graphics. he became a fan of pop culture, so this is what i would have called a comic book, but now

because lincoln's mother was nancy hanks, who died when wiccan was nine. an -- when lincoln was nine. tom hanks is lincoln's third cousin five times removed. do not ask me what removed means. i just know the words. lincoln's third cousin five times removed. d. you can see the square face and the striking cheekbones. ok. lincoln goes to new york to make a really important speech. the cooper union speech. this is to introduce them to eastern audiences as a serious candidate for the republican party. lincoln travels to new york and was nervous. he studied and worked hard on this speech. at first, when he got up to talk, people winced and felt sorry for him. .n fact, he started speaking the clarity of his arguments made an impression. who is this guy who had a rural accent? thank you, mr. chairman. first words out of his mouth. chairman, really? they thought, who is this western guy? by the way, just to clear up a couple of things about the way lincoln spoke, he did not have voicemes earl jones base that we want him to have. though we all of our american heroes

because lincoln's mother was nancy hanks who died when lincoln was 9. tom hanks, i'm just so proud to remember this, tom hanks is lincoln's third cousin five times removed. don't ask me what removed means. i just know the words, right? lincoln's third cousin five times removed. which is really cool. you can see the squarish face and the interesting -- striking cheek bones. okay. lincoln goes to new york to make a really important speech, the cooper union speech. this is to introduce him to eastern audiences as a serious candidate for the republican party. lincoln traveled to new york, he was really nervous. he really studied and worked hard on this speech. and at first when he got up to talk, people kind of winced and felt sorry for him, but, in fact, he started speaking, he started -- the force and clarity of his arguments made an impression. who was this guy that had kind of a rural accent? i think the first words out of his mouth, thank you, mr. chairman. chairman? really. and so they kind of thought who is this kind of western guy, and, by the way, j

hanksn's mother was nancy , who died when lincoln was nine. so tom hanks, was proud to remember this, he is lincoln's third cousin, five times removed. do not ask me what removed means, i just know the word. lincoln's third cousin, five times removed. which is really cool. they have the square face, really interesting striking cheekbones. so lincoln goes to new york to make a really important speech, the cooper union speech. he is introduced to eastern audiences as a serious candidate for the republican party. lincoln traveled to new york, really nervous. he had really studied and worked hard on the speech, and at first when he got up to talk, people winced, feeling sorry for him. but in fact, he started speaking. the force and clarity of his arguments made an impression -- who is this guy with a kind of rural accent? the first words out of his ,"uth, "thank you mr. chairman -- chairman? really? they thought, who is this midwestern guy? a couple of things about the way he spoke, lincoln did not have this kind of james earl jones bass voice that we expect a